BlockRock Springs, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Gilbertown-Toxey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36904. The Survey maps it on the Land quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Land quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
89 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Rock Springs between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,882 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190925-3 |
| 21 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190921-27 |
| 18 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Smoking | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200910-1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Butler | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Land | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Riderwood | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Hinton | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Turner | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Red Springs | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Needham | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Bogueloosa | 6.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156981. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.